Your True Tales
November 2005 – Page 24

Dad's Doppelganger
by Amy

When I was a little girl, we (parents and older sister) lived in a quiet nice two-level condo-style apartment on the top floor in Maryland. We lived there for about six years or so. As time went by, strange things would happen. There was an apartment unit in the building across from me that could never stay occupied. One year a man committed suicide there.

We didn't think much of it until strange things started happing to us. Door knobs would turn by themselves, strange noises, and even blankets would be pulled from us at night. My family are not the type to believe in ghosts or anything like that. But one year me and my sister will never forget made her believe.

Since she was older then me, she would watch me for about two hours or so after school until my dad would get home from work. One day we were playing with our Barbies on the stairs. We were extra loud that day. All of a sudden, while I was on the bottom step, I looked up and saw what looked like my dad upstairs at the top step. He slowly put his index finger over his lip and let out a creepy "Shhh!!" sound. I must have fallen into a state of shock, so my sister dropped everything and came over to see what I was staring at, and that's when she saw him too. I think remained in shock all day.

When dad finally came home for real about a hour or so later, he wondered why we were so quiet.

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